Christian McKay on playing Orson Welles: 'He gave me confidence'

British actor Christian McKay, who plays the celebrated director in Richard Linklater's Me and Orson Welles, tells Catherine Shoard why the role was a comfort to him as a film rookie and why Welles's reputation and later career are ripe for reassessment

The director of Dazed and Confused, Before Sunrise and School of Rock tells Jason Solomons what drew him to the story of new film Me and Orson Welles, why his movies keep returning to the themes of youth and the future, and how he would love to do a musical